Calendar



H. T. REED.

CALENDAR.

-APPLICAT|0N FILED APR. 1B. 1921.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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unira STATES "ATENT OFIQE.

HUGH '1. REED, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CALENDAR.-

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

Application filed April 18, 1921. Serial No. 462,209.

pack may be adjusted or turned from the" front to the back of said ack without interfering with the cards' of the other pack.

Another object is to providea simple device forsupportingjone of thepacks of cards-at an'inclin'ation'to the plane of'the cards of the other pack, 'so that the outside cards of both'packs are'in more' convenient view of the user. A further object is to pr vide a compact index to the'c'al'endar cards so that the device may be used 'asa'perpetual calendar. Another object isto-provide a detachable casing for either of the packs of cards, the outside cards being 'visi ble at the front and back of said casing; Other objects will appear as the description proceeds. 4 Y

The invention will be first hereinafter de scribed in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically-defined'in the claims 'at the end of the 'description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views;

Figure 1 is a front elevationof a perpetual calendar made substantially ',-i'n ac cordance with the present lnvention, the

' lower pack of cards being inclosed in a removable casing and supported in forwardly inclined position. r

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of'the same,the lower pack of cards being supported in rearwardly inclined position. H

Fig. 3 is .an "end elevation of the same, part of the'end support being brokenaway to disclose the relative positions of the two packs of cards, andthe casing for the lower pack of cards being shown in section.

Fig. 4 is vadetailed perspective view of one of the century indexes on the "reverse face of one of the monthly calendar cards.

Fig. 5 is a detailedperspecti've view of the reverse face. of another one of said -monthly cards bearing information as to the use of the calendar, and l Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of the casing for the lower pack of cards, the interfitting members of. said casing being shown separated for the purpose of illustration.

As illustrated in Figs. l and 2 the calendar cards are support-edon a stand which is preferably made of sheet metalhaving a broad base 1 and upwardly extending and tapering end portions; or supports 2. A cross bar 3 'extend'shorizontally between the There are two packs of cards, one pack 4:

containing twelve small cards, and the other pack 5'consisting' of twenty-eight larger cards. On the obverse faces of'the small cards 4 are printed the twelve different names of thecalendar months, one name on each card, with the number of days in that month under the name, as shown in Fig. 1.

Onthe, reverse faces of these cards 4 may be printed Hossier Perpetual Calendar, as

indicated in Fig. 2. v

On the obverse faces of the larger cards '35 are printed the twenty-eight different month calendars, one calendar on each card with a head-line identifying each calendar, as. for instance, 531 Day Month Beginning lVednesday, as illustrated inFig. l. There are four sets of month calendars, one for 31- days, see .F ig. 1, one for 30 days, one for 29 days, and one for 28 days, and each card of each set, begins on a different day of a week su per-tea 'to'the upper ends of which it is preferably fastened permanently.

which makes up the twenty-eight different month c'alendars. On. the reverse faces of fourteen of the'larger cards. 5 are printed the fourteen different year calendars, one calendar 'on each card with "a head-line identifying each calendar, as for jinstance, 365 Day Calendar Beginning. Tuesday, as

shown in Fig. ;2.. There 'aretwo sets of year calendars, one fo'r365 days, and one'for 866 days, and each set begins on a different day of the week, whichmakes up'the fourteen differentyear calendars. On the reverse face of :anoth'er'one of the cards 5 is printed Index To The 18th Century), and

on anothercard Index To The 19th Century, and on stillanother card Index To TheQOth Century, see Fig. 4. t On the reverse faces of as many'other'cardsb as may be needed for the purpose, see Fig. 5, information may be printed as to how the index may be extended to'include other centurles, how to find the calendar for any year 1n the century that is indexed, how to find the day of the week on which one was born, or on which any other event occurred, etc.

The cards 1- are supported from the cross bar 3 by rings or loops 6 which pass loosely through perforations 7 in said cards. These cards 4 are considerably shorter than the cross bar 8, leaving room between their ends and the supports 2 for elongated loops 8 which are also hung from said cross bar and serve to support the pack of larger cards 5 below the pack of cards a and above the base 1.

It will be noted that the loops 8 swing clear of the ends of the monthly designation cards 4, so that the cards of either pack may be adjusted or moved along its supporting loops from the front to the back, or vice versa, without interfering with the cards of the other pack. The cards 5 have perforations 9 through which the supporting loops 8 are loosely threaded in the same manner as the cards a are mounted on the loops 5.

Notches 10 are formed in the end supports 2 of the frame, entering from the edges of one front thereof and extending inwardly a short distance, preferably at a slight in- I cline to the horizontal, and similar notches 11 are formed in the edges of the other front of said supports, as best shown in Fig. .3. Into these notches a cross bar 12 is removably fitted for supporting the pack of cards 5 in inclined position so as to bring the front card into more convenient view of the user along with the front card of the pack 1, see Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The ends of the removable cross bar 12 may be bent angularly, as at 13, or otherwise offset to retain said bar in engagement with the notches 10 and 11 against axial displacement. It will be understood that the bar 12 is placed in the notches 10 in the edges of one front of the supports 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, when a month calendar on the obverse face of the front card of the larger pack is to be displayed, and that said bar 12 is engaged with the notches 11 in the edges of the other front of said supports 2 when a year calendar card on the reverse face of a card of said pack is to be displayed, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Either of the packs of cards may be in- :losed in a removable casing, the cards 5 of the larger pack being shown equipped with such a casing in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Said casing may be constructed in any suitable manner, as of two interengaging tray-like sections 14 and 15, Fig. 6, each having marginal flanges 16 and 17, respectively, to frictionally engage one within the other, as shown in Fig. 3. The sections of the casing also have openings 18 and 19, respectively,

through which the adjacent cards 5 may be seen. Sheets 20 and 21, respectively, Fig. 3, of transparent material may be fitted over said openings within the casing for protect ing the cards. The upper marginal portions of the sections of the casing are notched at, 22 to fit around the loops 8, so that said casing may be easily removed from the pack of cards 5 whenever it is desired to shift said cards on said loops.

I claim:

1. In a calendar, the combination with a stand having end supports, of a cross bar extending between the upper end portions of said supports, a pack of calendar cards hung from said cross bar, another cross bar for supporting the pack in inclined position. for

the purpose specified, there being transversely extending notches in the edges of said supports for detachably holding said last mentioned cross bar in place.

2. In a calendar, the combination with a stand having end supports, of a cross bar extending between the upper end portions of said supports, a pack of calendar cards hung from said cross bar, another cross bar for supporting the pack in inclined position for the purpose specified, there being notches in said supports for detachably holding said last mentioned cross bar in place, said notches being downwardly and inwardly inclined for retaining said detachable cross bar therein. I

3. In a calendar, the combination with a stand having end supports, of a cross bar extending between the upper end portions of said supports, a pack of calendar cards hung from said cross bar, another cross bar for supporting the pack in inclined position for the purpose specified, there being notches in said supports for detachably holding said last mentioned cross bar in place, said detachable cross bar having offset ends for retaining it in the notches against axial displacement.

4. Ina calendar, the combination with a stand having end supports, of a cross bar extending between the upper end portions of said supports, a pack of calendar cards hung from said cross bar, anothercross bar supporting the pack in inclined position for the purpose specified, there being notches in the edges of both fronts of said supports for detachably holding said last mentioned cross bar in place, the notches'in the edges of one front of the supports serving to hold said bar so as to support the pack of cards in a forwardly inclined position when that front is presented, and the notches in the edges of the other front of the. supports serving to hold the bar so as to support the pack in'a forwardly inclined position when said other front is presented.

5. n a c end t e comb n tion with a stand having end supports, of a cross bar extending between said supports, a pack of cards, means for loosely supporting said pack of cards from said cross bar, and a detachable casingto inclose said pack of cards, there being notches in the marginal portion of said casing for the passage of said supporting means.

6. In a calendar, the combination with a stand having end supports, of a cross bar extending between the upper end portions of said supoprts, a packof cards having all of the month calendars on the obverse sides thereof, a different calendar on each card, the reverse sides of fourteen of said cards having all of the year calendars thereon, a different one on each card, and the reverse sides of the other fourteen cards having indexes to several centuries and suitable information, said cards being hung from said cross bar, another cross bar supportlng the pack in inclined position for the purpose specified, there being notches in the edges of both fronts of said supports for detachably holding said last mentioned cross bar in place, the notches in the edges of one front of the supports servin to hold said bar so as to support the pack of cards in a forwardly inclined position when showing a month cal endar, and the notches in the edges of the other front of the supports serving 'to hold the bar so as to support the pack of cards in a forwardly inclined position when showing a year calendar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HUGH T. REED. 

